CVE-2014-1831: Insecure use of temporary files in passenger

CVE-2014-1831 · Severity: info · Published 2018-10-10

Insecure use of temporary files in passenger

Technologies: passenger (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2014-1831 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2014-1831 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2014-1831?
Informational severity, published 10 October 2018.
Which products and versions are affected?
passenger (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.0.38.
Is there a fix for CVE-2014-1831?
Yes. passenger (RubyGems): upgrade to 4.0.38 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2014-1831?
Check whether you run passenger (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • passenger (RubyGems): upgrade to 4.0.38 or later
    bundle update passenger

Affected products

  • passenger (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.0.38

Identifiers

  • CVE-2014-1831
  • GHSA-c7j7-p5jq-26ff

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